Copper compartmented seals, Bactria, 3rd/2nd millennia BC.

Seals

Material: Metals | Type: Seals/Stamps | Countries: Afghanistan

  • Period

    Pre-Islamic

  • Red List

    Red List – Afghanistan

Category

Seals
In metal and hardstone, shell, bone and other materials. The commonest of these are 'compartmented seals', usually round, 2 or 3 cm in diameter and bearing images in deep relief of geometric figures, swastikas, birds or animals. Size: 2 or 3 cm in diameter.
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